The satellite relays the data to the National Data Buoy Center, on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Part of the center’s roughly 30 federal employees and about 100 contractors work in shifts 24 hours a day combing through the data to help forecast marine weather and monitor for tsunamis.
The Midday Report - Statewide News and Local Events Update Every Weekday
Weekly Wrap
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This week we hear about the self-help housing project in Kodiak getting funds and land, an update on the city manager search, surveys of Kodiak Island's emperor geese show the population is doing well, a look into the salvage process for the Tanusha, a tour of the Coast Guard fast response cutter John Witherspoon, and Kodiak's Emergency Services are preparing for potential impacts of a likely Mt. Spurr eruption.
Talk of the Rock
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On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, the head of Kodiak Electric Association discusses the upcoming election, which features a potential bylaw change that will be in the packet for members to vote on next month.
Alaska Fisheries Report
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This week KCAW's Katherine Rose reports that harvest data for Sitka's herring fishery won't be released due to low participation, Cook Inlet's east side setnetters won't get a chance to use seines after all, according to KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara, and from the Alaska Desk, Theo Greenly reports that Alaska's seafood industry is asking for federal push back against unfair international competition.
Alaska News
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- Pilot rescued with 2 kids near Tustumena Lake not authorized to fly with passengers
- Resolution pending in Alaska Legislature urges more federal support for NOAA weather buoys
- Trump is 'not joking' about third term, though Constitution says he can't serve
- Alaska News Nightly: Friday, March 28, 2025
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- Alaska lawmakers pass bill designating March as Women's History Month
NPR National News
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- 6 tales of mystery and mishap — all hitting book stores on April Fools' Day
- Green card holders, travelers caught in Trump's immigration crackdown
- China practices attacks and blockades in fresh military exercises around Taiwan
- Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end deportation protection for Venezuelans
- Advocates say flawed 'checklist' targets Venezuelans for deportation under archaic wartime act
- A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.'